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S. Baring-Gould

Mehalah, a Story of the Salt Marshes

Paperback (Forgotten Books June 16, 2012)
Between the mouths of theB lackwater and the Colne, on the east coast of Essex, hes an extensively marshy tract veined and freckled in every part with water. It is a wide waste of debatable ground contested by sea and land, subject to incessant incursions from the former, but stubbornly maintained by the latter. At high tide the appearance is that of a vast surface of moss orS argasso weed floating on the sea, with rents and patches of shining water traversing and dappling it in all directions. The creeks, some of considerable length and breadth, extend many miles inland, and are arteries whence branches out a fibrous tissue of smaller channels, flushed with water twice in the twenty-four hours. At noon-tides, and especially at the equinoxes, the sea asserts its royalty over this vast region, and overflows the whole, leaving standing out of the flood only the long island of Mersea, and the lesser islet, called the Ray. This latter is a hill of gravel rising from the heart of theM arshes, crowned with ancient thorntrees, and possessing, what is denied the mainland, an unfailing spring of purest water. At ebb, the Ray can only be reached from the old Roman causeway, called theS trood, over which runs the road from Colchester toM ersea I sle, connecting formerly the city of the Trinobantes with the station of the Count of theS axon shore. But even at ebb, the Ray is not approachable by land unless the sun or east wind has parched the ooze into brick ;and then the way is long, tedious and tortuous, among bitter pools and over shining creeks.(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historicall
Pages
316
Weight
19.2 oz.
Dimensions
6.0 x 0.7 in.

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